A TESTAMENT TO THE PASTPREPARED IN THE YEAR OF NATIONAL REMEMBRANCE 1996-1997

A register of the
Polish war graves in Wellshill Cemetery Perth, arranged alphabetically,
commemorating members of the Polish Armed Forces and those who served in thePolish Resettlement Corps, including post-war graves up to 1948. (see introduction)

The list of Polish casualties at PerthWellshillCemetery is intended to
provide a document in English commemorating those who served their
country.The crowned Polish Eagle
was cut into the headstones which were mostly made of Portland stone.

Differences in the inscription on
the CWGC memorial of the unit last served in, surname etc.,

Rank derived
from Polish sources

Other miscellaneous information.

Introduction toWellshillCemetery

According to the Register of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission for
the County of Perthshire it was in September 1940 when the Polish authorities expressed a
wish for a special consecrated plot in a cemetery for the burial of members of
their forces. As there was a substantial number of Polish troops in the area, WellshillCemetery was selected as one of the burial grounds. The local authorities
set aside a special section in the Jeanfield Road entrance for war graves and at the southern end of this section
is the large Polish plot.

LocationofWellshillCemetery

Perth is situated on the
River Tay and can be reached from Glasgow via the A9 or from Edinburgh via the M90.

Direction signs in Polish indicating
the site of the Polish war graves have been erected.

The entrance is off Jeanfield
Road.

Monument

An imposing stone monument commemorating the fallen overlooks
the Polish plot. The monument is inscribed

ETERNAL GLORY

TO THE POLISH
SOLDIERS

WHO DIED IN

1939-1945

FOR OUR FREEDOM AND
YOURS

CHWAŁA

ŻOŁNIERZOM POLSKIM

POLEGŁYM W LATACH

1939-1945

ZA NASZĄ WOLNOŚĆ I WASZĄ

RODACY

Numbers of casualties

An analysis by the
Commission of this cemetery states that there are 354 Polish war graves made up
of 339 Army,

Excluded from the
Polish casualties are 26 members of the Polish Resettlement Corps (PRC) who are
included in the British statistics and Lt-Col G K Langer also of the PRC who
died on 30th March 1948. (The CWGC regard deaths after 31st December 1947 as
non-War casualties).